For five days this summer, your child(ren) can experience the challenge of piecing together the past from fragments of bone, pottery, glass and stone at Laurier’s simulated archaeological site. Students will work with senior student archaeologists in the field and the lab to recover, analyze and interpret the time capsules left behind.

Through the excitement of discovery, children attending the archaeology camps will learn about the world around them, as well as about those who came before them. The program is a hands-on, activity-based look at archaeology in which students will become familiar with basic archaeological excavation techniques and ancient civilizations. To accommodate this hands-on approach, children will participate in an excavation conducted on a simulated site on university property for part of each day.

Students will also learn how archaeology has contributed to our knowledge of other peoples and cultures.
Week-long camps run July and August 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Laurier's Waterloo campus, and are organized according to the participants’ grade. To ensure a quality experience for participants, the number of registrations for each session will be limited to 18. Early registration is recommended to ensure a space.

Please note this important information:

• camps dates and age offerings are available on the Archaeology Camp Registration Form (available below)
• week-long camp is $175 per child
• supervision for early drop off and/or late pick up is available at an additional cost (see the registration form)
• there is approximately a 7 to 1 child/counselor ratio. Please note that a one-on-one counselling/participant arrangement is not available.*
• if your child has a documented special need or accessibility issue that may require accomodations by the university, we must be made aware of this a minimum of 14 days prior to the start of your child's camp.** We require this time to work with you to arrange any necessary accomodations. If we are not notified, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to accomodate your child's needs.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You may register your child(ren) via the following methods listed below. Please note that registration forms must be submitted a minimum of two weeks prior to the camp your child is interested in.

Please submit both the REGISTRATION FORM and the RELEASE FORM.
Please note camps 4, 5, and 7 are now full!

"Snail" Mail
Please fill out the registration form and mail it with payment to:
Office of Continuing Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3C5

Fax
Fax your registration to 519-884-6063. Payment by credit card only.

In Person
You may bring your registration and payment to our office:
202 Regina Street North, Room R293 | Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3C5

Please note that we cannot accept post-dated cheques or payment via debit cards.

For more information, please contact Laurier's Continuing Studies Office at 519-884-0710 ext. 6036 or email conted@wlu.ca.